Snow and Rose are sisters. One day their father, who is a government official, goes into the forest and never returns. Rose, Snow and their mother are forced to leave their home, and must move to a small home in a little village. Snow and Rose soon adapt to their new life as peasants, but just as soon, realize that there is something strange going on in the forest around their village. People keep disappearing and there are unnatural animals that keep showing up and terrorizing their neighbors. Snow and Rose meet many unusual people including a rude little man and a kind librarian that lends objects instead of books. One night they meet a large bear stuck in a cruel trap. Moved to compassion the girls free the bear and that starts a chain of events that leads to a confrontation with a force of pure evil.This is a charming retelling of a lesser known fairy tale. (It has no relationship with the Snow White story with the dwarfs). Martin starts out more or less realistic, and then gradually moves into the fantastic in a way that gently pulls the reader along. I listened to it on Overdrive, and the recording is very good, with occasional sound effects and a good reader. I have ordered it for the library on CD as well, so if you are doing a road trip this summer with kids of a variety of ages, this would be a good one to listen to in the car. (2017, 204 p.)
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